Panasonic GD55 Review

Overall Rating

Polyphonic ringtones
Small size
Good battery life (2-3 days)
Cute style
Speaker phone
Nice picture backgrounds
Good phonebook storage (250)
Very good reception

Text messaging difficulty
Only 1 game
Phone charger very bad

I have owned a Panasonic GD55 for about 6 months now, and overall I have to say that it is a very good phone, with only a few flaws.
The phone comes with 30 good-quality polyphonic ringtones, and you can compose 5 ringtones, also polyphonic. The size, shape and design of the phone is generally feminine, and is very useful in that it can fit almost anywhere, e.g. in your pocket or a small bag. However for some people the size may prove to be a difficulty, because it can be difficult to talk into, or because the keys are very small and slide easily.
The battery life for this phone is very good for it's size. The battery indicator is located on the top right corner of the screen, and is easy to see. With normal use, the battery lasts for about 3 days. I have found this to be a very good thing, because of the terrible battery charger. The connection between the phone and the battery charger is very very small, and if you do not check it every few minutes, the charger will slide out and your phone will not be charged.
The phone has a very useful and good-quality speaker phone. The sound quality and loud and clear, with almost no feedback or crackling. Speaker phone can be activated by pressing only 2 buttons.
The phonebook stores 250 numbers, which for me has been more than enough. With this phone you can put your contacts in different 'groups', which means that different people can have different ringtones set for them etc. The text message storage is not as good, storing between 10-20 messages depending on which network you use. Text messaging is easy if you are familiar with T9, have small fingers and don't use a lot of punctuation! Otherwise, it is very difficult. You can turn off T9 with one button, but you have to press it every single time you type a text message. Punctuation is limited with no '@' sign, and takes ages to use. For example, to get one quotation mark you need to press a button 13 times. Also, sometimes the phone will suddenly ask you to send the message while you are typing. There is no way to tell whether or not you have sent a message.
There is only 1 game on this phone, which is a pretty boring game where mice and cats jump out of holes and you have to hit the mice. You cannot download games, and the high-score for this game can only go up to 30, and afterward you can never clear the high-score, so it will always remain at 30.
Some of the applications on this phone include a schedule, calculator, and currency converter. The schedule is pretty difficult to use, and there is no option to set alarms for appointments. The calculator is absolutely useless, and it probably takes as much time and energy to run up and down a flight of stairs 20 times as to calculating one sum.
However despite these bad points, the phone is good for those of you who just want a simple phone that is easy to talk on, nice to see, has good reception and good ringtones.